Bel Air police said the suspect, who is a licensed pilot but under the age of 18, flew an aircraft over the John Carroll School commencement ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.But all of the pomp and circumstance quickly turned to worry for many after witnesses said the Cessna 172 single-engine plane began doing flyovers and getting lower and lower.

"We've had streakers, (people) blow horns, had car horns. We've never had a plane, so this will go down in history," said Laura Lang, director of marketing at John Carroll School.

Lang, an administrator with the school, said at first no one thought anything of it, but as it got closer to the crowd that was watching on the bleachers and the graduates on the field, some began to get nervous.

"I don't know if you rev a plane engine, but the engine was so loud," Lang said.

School officials confirmed the juvenile was a former student, but never graduated. They said he was released this year over a disciplinary action.

Police said the teen rented the plane from Harford Air Services in Churchville.

Representatives told WBAL-TV 11 News over the phone that, in their opinion, the plane was not flying as low as people were saying.

11 News also went to the home listed to the pilot's parents for comment, but no one answered the door.

In the meantime, no one was hurt, and if anything, those in attendance Saturday will have a story to tell for the rest of their lives.

"It did not dampen anyone's spirits for the day and it didn't dampen the accomplishments of our 169 graduates," Lang said.

Police said it's not clear what the pilot's motive was in this case, but police received enough complaints to look into the matter and made the arrest. The teen was also charged with disorderly conduct and disrupting a school event. He has since been released to the custody of his parents.

The Federal Aviation Administration and Bel Air police are now looking for any video of the incident. Anyone who may have recorded anything on their cellphone is urged to call police at 410-638-4500 or email detective Jim Lockard at jlockard@belairmd.org.

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SOME TENSE MOMENTS IN THE WEEKEND OVER THE BELL -- IN BEL AIR. WITNESSES SAY SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE DISRUPTED CEREMONIES AS THE PILOTS THROUGH OVER -- AND CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE CROWD. ACCORDING TO A WRITTEN STATEMENT, OFFICERS CHARGED THE PILOT WHO TURNED OUT TO BE A FORMER STUDENT OF THE SCHOOL BUT NEVER REGULATED. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHERE THE -- WHAT THE PILOTS MOTIVE WAS BUT POLICE RECEIVED ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO GO AHEAD AND INVESTIGATE AND MAKE AN ARREST. IT WAS 11:30 ON THE DOT THIS PAST SATURDAY WHEN CEREMONIES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE JOHN CARROLL SCHOOL BEGAN. ALL OF THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE QUICKLY TURNED TO WORRY AFTER WITNESSES SAY THIS CESSNA SINGLE ENGINE PLANE BEGAN DOING FLYOVERS, GETTING LOWER AND LOWER. WE HAVE HAD STREAKERS, BLOW HORNS AND CAR HORNS, BUT WE HAVE NEVER HAD A PLANE. THIS WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY. AN ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE SCHOOL SAID NO ONE THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT TRADE BUT AFTER IT GOT CLOSER TO THE CROWD AND THE GRADUATES ON THE FIELD, SOME BEGAN TO GET NERVOUS. THE FIRST AND SECOND TIME IT'S ONE THING, BUT WHEN I GOT TO BE THE EIGHTH, NINTH OR 10TH TIME AND IT WAS GETTING LOUDER, THE ENGINE WAS SO LOUD, KIND OF A FIGURE EIGHT, UNTIL THE LAST TIME WHEN HE CAME DIRECTLY TOWARD THE STAGE AND SHOT STRAIGHT UP, SHUT HIS ENGINE OFF AND DID A LITTLE MOVE. PLEASE SAY THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT TO IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AND LICENSED WAS A FORMER STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL. SCHOOL OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THIS AND SAID THE STUDENT WAS RELEASED THIS YEAR OVER DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. THE PLANE WAS RENTED FROM HARTFORD AIR SERVICES. REPRESENTATIVES TOLD US OVER THE PHONE THAT THE PLANE WAS NOT FLYING AS LOW AS PEOPLE WERE SAYING. WE ALSO WENT TO THE HOME LISTED TO THE PILOTS PARENTS FOR COMMENT, BUT NOBODY ANSWERED THE DOOR. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT AND IF ANYTHING, THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WILL HAVE A STORY TO TELL FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. IT DIDN'T DAMPEN ANYBODY'S SPIRITS AND IT DIDN'T DAMPEN THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ANYONE IN THE CLASS GRADE REX THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT RETURN A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS WE PLACED TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION FROM A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT SAID THE PILOT WAS RELEASED INTO THE CUSTODY OF HIS PARENTS AND FACES A NUMBER OF CHARGES, INCLUDING RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT. WE HAVE LEARNED THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING, POSSIBLY TO LOOK AT RADAR DATA TO DETERMINE THE